Month: November 2018

Amazon-Enabled Federated Wireless Private LTE Initiative Should Serve as a Shot Across the Bow for Public Operators

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John Byrne – Service Director, Global Technology Telecom and Software

Summary Bullets:

  • Federated Wireless announced a consortium designed to stake out a growth position in the emerging private LTE/CBRS market.
  • The consortium as comprised is incomplete; however, the announcement should serve as a wakeup call to public network operators that have thus far not taken a strong position in private LTE.

Amid the flurry of announcements emerging from this week’s AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, which is quickly becoming one of the most important networking events of the year, was the announcement of a private LTE network consortium that relies on a number of partners to enable fast deployment of industrial IoT applications. Specifically, the consortium, led by Federated, includes:

  • Federated Wireless – using its cloud-based Spectrum Controller to enable secure access to the 3.5 GHz band;
  • Ruckus – providing what it bills as the “industry’s first” indoor LTE access points to use the 3.5 GHz CBRS spectrum;
  • Athonet – which sells a cloud mobile core product specifically designed for private networks;
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) – specifically, the AWS cloud IoT platform to connect, manage, and monitor IoT devices at scale (Athonet’s BubbleCloud resides on the AWS cloud).

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Nokia Partnering Up to Sharpen Focus on Enterprise Market: Is a CSP Clash Inevitable?

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John Byrne – Service Director, Global Technology Telecom and Software

Summary Bullets:

  • Nokia continues to expand its partner and channel initiatives to better pursue enterprise opportunities, including a strategic alliance with Infosys announced in November.
  • The company sees major opportunities in the enterprise but may ultimately have to decide if pursuing them is worth alienating traditional CSP customers.

Over the past year, Nokia has been stepping up its focus on moving outside its traditional target market of communication service providers (CSPs) in a bid to diversify its revenue stream and tap into growth opportunities to offset flat or declining CSP spending. Based on the company’s ‘Future X for Industries’ vision, it believes there will be a EUR 22 billion market by 2023 for digital automation in the enterprise segment. Continue reading “Nokia Partnering Up to Sharpen Focus on Enterprise Market: Is a CSP Clash Inevitable?” →